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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 LEAD

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Chemid
LEAD
Ubiquitous
Yes

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Plant Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
Allium cepa Bulb 0.0 1.4 -- *
Anacardium occidentale Seed -- 0.3 -0.6 *
Anethum graveolens Plant 0.1 0.8 -0.5 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
Apium graveolens Root 0.0 2.0 -0.2 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
Arachis hypogaea Seed -- 0.1 -0.7 *
Armoracia rusticana Root 0.0 0.2 -0.7 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
Artemisia vulgaris Plant -- -- -- Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
Asparagus officinalis Shoot 1.5 30.0 -1.2 *
Beta vulgaris Root 0.0 3.5 0.2 *
Boehmeria nivea Plant -- -- -- *
Brassica napus var. napobrassica Root 0.0 0.3 -0.6 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis l. Leaf 0.0 1.0 -0.6 *
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis l. Flower -- -- -- *
Brassica oleracea var. capitata l. Leaf 0.0 5.8 -0.5 *
Brassica oleracea var. italica Leaf 0.0 1.0 -0.6 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
Brassica pekinensis Leaf 3.8 4.2 -0.6 *
Brassica rapa Root 0.0 0.2 -0.6 *
Capsicum annuum Fruit 0.0 2.0 -0.4 *
Carya glabra Shoot 2.0 103.0 0.8 *
Carya illinoensis Seed -- 0.3 -0.6 *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.